Artoles Formation

Artoles Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian–Aptian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Galve Basin
Underlies Chert Formation
Overlies Camarillas Formation
Location
Region Europe
Country  Spain

The Artoles Formation is a geological formation in Teruel and La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

The indeterminate remains of Coelurosauria, Dromaeosauridae, Euornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Sauropoda, Spinosauridae (previously labeled Baryonichidae indet.), Theropoda, Titanosauriformes have been found in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.

Dinosaurs of the Artoles Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. Iguanodon sp.[1]
  1. Geographically located in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 561. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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